Mark 7:18

18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,

Mark 7:18 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:18

And he saith unto them
With some warmth of spirit and resentment, at their stupidity:

are ye so without understanding also?
As well as others, and to such a degree; and "yet", as Matthew expresses it, ( Matthew 15:16 ) , so wretchedly stupid, and so long, and as much, as others:

do ye not perceive?
common sense will tell you,

that whatsoever thing from, without entereth into the man, it cannot
defile him; (See Gill on Matthew 15:16).

Mark 7:18 In-Context

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17 And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,

19 since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

20 And he said, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.